Resume – Camhi
Eli Camhi, LMSW
155 E. 77th St. 5DE
New York, New York 10075
Phone (917) 434-7372
ecamhi@generes.com
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OBJECTIVE: Deliver significant organizational advancement and optimal program performance while maintaining fiscal soundness and alignment with community needs.
QUALIFICATIONS
Extensive senior management experience with healthcare delivery systems, Medicaid, federal and state grants, managed care, case management, database design and Internet collaborative technologies.
Significant private sector management experience in manufacturing, production and small business operations.
EDUCATION
1994 EXECUTIVE SHORT COURSE IN SYSTEM DYNAMICS MIT Sloan School of Management
1988 M.S.S.W. Social Work University of Texas at Austin
1975 BA Honors Program. University of Texas at Austin
CREDENTIALS
Licensed Master Social Worker, New York State (039674)
EMPLOYMENT
2001-Present New York Presbyterian System SelectHealth, Executive Director
HIV Special Needs Plan licensed in 4 boroughs – approximately 1,400 members, a provider network of 18 hospitals, community health centers, private specialty providers and community-based organizations. Liaison to NYSDOH and NYCDOHMH.
Board members are senior hospital executives, clinicians, the Plan’s executive and medical directors and Plan members. Sustained clinical/administrative partnership over 7 years. Cumulative HRSA and State grant funding exceeding $4M. HRSA Special Projects of National Significance Grant to provide online continuity of care document for individual members.
2004-2008 Co-Chair of the Priority Setting & Resource Allocation Committee of NYC HIV Planning Council.
2005-2006 Served on HRSA’s Severity of Needs Index Committee
2008-2009 Institute of Healthcare Improvement Triple Aim Project
1993-2001 Montefiore Medical Center, Administrative Director
Integrated multidisciplinary team of over 50 healthcare professionals providing HIV/AIDS care. Increased program revenues, patient volume and improved quality of care. Cumulative federal and state grants exceeded $3M. Coordinated Tuberculosis Directly Observed Therapy, HIV Treatment Adherence, co-located specialty pharmacy, mental health, gynecology and dental services within primary care. Hospital based retail specialty pharmacy. Completed Certificate of Need applications. Networked database systems to support all care activities.
1999-2000 Montefiore Medical Center, Director Bentley Services
Temporarily employed by Bentley Healthcare at Montefiore while Dr. Bernard Salick and Montefiore negotiated to build expanded AIDS and Cancer Centers.
1992-1993 Community Family Planning Council, Primary Care Coordinator
Implemented the integration of HIV Primary Care within two community health centers in Brooklyn New York. Facilitated the agency’s launch of a COBRA Case Management Program. Networked database systems support all care activities.
1989-1991 Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Coordinating Manager
Administrator of the AIDS Consultation Service providing inpatient and outpatient care to the HIV community. Completed $4M AIDS Center renovation sponsored by private donor. Launched ADAP, Aerosolized Pentamidine and expanded HIV Counseling and Testing within prenatal care settings. Networked database systems to support all care activities.
1987-Present Generative Resources, Principal
Consulting firm providing management, fiscal and technical assistance to non-profit organizations. Frequently contracts with HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau to assist Ryan White grantees. Presenter at Ryan White All Title National Conferences.
1986-1987 Minority Business Development Center, Business Specialist
Assisted minority owned businesses in securing Small Business Administration loans and 8(a) certification to qualify for federal minority Set-Aside contracts. Promoted online prospecting for contracting opportunities through the Commerce Business Daily.
1974-1986 Primrose Fashions of Texas, Inc., Vice President
Women’s apparel contractor with sewing factories in Texas and Mexico. Managed production, 100 employees, import/export of materials, finances, database programming and quality control.
1979-1981 Camhi Enterprises, President
Established the first computer retail store in El Paso, Texas. Introduced microcomputer technology to local business.
MEMBERSHIPS & HONORS
National Association of Social Workers – American Public Health Association – Phi Kappa Phi – HRSA HIV AIDS Bureau HIV Quality Committee – NYSDOH AIDS HIV Quality Committee – New York State eHealth Collaborative – Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society – Fellow New York Academy of Medicine – Board Member NewYork-Presbyterian System SelectHealth – Board Member New York Clinical Information Exchange (NYCLIX)
November 30, 2005
State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr. P.H.,
Honored for extraordinary contributions in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
December 2006
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
2006 Quality of Care Award for Senior Leadership in Quality
For innovation and leadership in supporting quality improvement efforts
PUBLICATIONS
FEASIBILITY OF USING AUDIO COMPUTER-ASSISTED SELF-INTERVIEW (ACASI) SCREENING IN ROUTINE HIV CARE, AIDS Care Schackman, Dastur, Rubin, Berger, Camhi, Netherland, Ni, Finkelstein AIDS Care, Volume 21, Issue 8 August 2009, pages 992 – 999
CHAPTER 20. SOCIAL WORK: NEW YORK STATE AIDS CENTERS AND SPECIAL NEEDS PLANS, Eli Camhi, MSSW, In “A History of AIDS Social Work in Hospitals: A Daring Response to an Epidemic” by Barbara I. Willinger (Editor), Alan Rice (Editor) August 2003 Haworth Press
HOSPITAL UTILIZATION BY HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS IN THE BRONX, NY 1996-98: IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDICAID MANAGED CARE Gary E. Kalkut, Barry S. Zingman, Eli Camhi, Bentley Health Care and Montefiore Medical Center Infectious Diseases Society of America 37th Annual Meeting 1999
PRACTICE FOR THE REAL WORLD — SERVING THE HIV INFECTED AND AFFECTED COMMUNITY Eli Camhi, CSW, Administrative Director, AIDS Center, Montefiore Medical Center and Mari Marconi, CSW, Social Work Manager, AIDS Center, Montefiore Medical Center (NYC Chapter NASW Newsletter – June/July 1997)
A MODEL FOR HIV-1 RELATED CARE (HRC) IN A MINORITY, HETEROSEXUAL, INTRAVENOUS-DRUG-USING (IVDU) POPULATION Harris, Carol A; Fenn, MA; Coburn, KD; Ceron, RD; Camhi, E; McCabe, KM; Bronx Municipal Hospital Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx New York Seventh International Conference on AIDS, Florence Italy, June 1991
BRONX MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL in “THE CARE OF HIV INFECTED PATIENTS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS: MODELS OF CARE” Camhi, E. The National Association of Public Hospital’s AIDS Committee June 1991
